The Annual SUSU Blood Donor Day Event is to Take Place at SUSU

On October 17 and 18 the annual SUSU Blood Donor Day event, in which all students and teaching staff of our university can take part, is to be held. The event will take place from 9:00 till 13:00, as doctors determined that human organism easier recover from blood loss in the first half of a day.

At the parking lot near the second SUSU building (Lenin prospect, 85) a specially equipped mobile block-module of the blood transfusion station will be positioned. It is necessary to bring passport with registration (or certificate of temporary registration).

As a reminder, there is a series of recommendations for preparing to donate blood. Blood donation is conducted after light breakfast (not on an empty stomach), it is advisable not to eat fat or fried food or dairy products in the previous evening; sweet tea, croutons, cookies, fruits are recommended. It is required to restrain from drinking alcohol 48 hours before donating blood, and to restrain from taking Aspirin, Analgin and other medications which contain aspirin or analgetics 72 hours before the procedure; if possible, restrain yourself from smoking 1 hour before the procedure; it is also necessary to get enough sleep.